Seventeen-year-old Lonnie Love Jr., a Black male, was fatally shot the evening of Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky. The shooting occurred about 9:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of Cypress Avenue near West Hill Street in the Algonquin neighborhood. Emergency medical services pronounced Lonnie dead at the scene after Louisville Metro Police officers found him with gunshot wounds.

Police also found a second shooting victim at the scene, a man who was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The Louisville Metro Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating Lonnie’s death, has classified the case as an open investigation and later a cold case, and has appealed to the public for information. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified.

If anyone has information about what happened on Cypress Avenue that night, please contact the anonymous police tip line.